The resident-general was the leader of Korea under Japanese rule from 1905 to 1910.
Itō Hirobumi was the first resident-general. There were three residents-general in total. After the annexation of Korea to Japan, the last resident-general, Terauchi Masatake, became the first governor-general.
All names on the list follow Eastern convention (family name followed by given name).
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Residents-general A#I#PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyMonarchs servedRōmajiKanji11Itō Hirobumi21 December 190514 June 1909NoneMeiji22Sone Arasuke14 June 190930 May 1910None33Terauchi Masatake30 May 19101 October 1910None
See also Japanese Resident-General of Korea Japanese Governor-General of Korea List of Japanese governors-general of Korea Governor-General of Taiwan